RN-BSN

Minimum Semester Credit Hours: 31  
Completion Time Limit: 3 calendar years

Cizik School of Nursing has a continuing commitment to assist registered nurses in attaining the baccalaureate degree, which is 31 credit hours, and can be completed in two to five semesters. All RN-BSN students will receive advanced placement credit of 29 hours upon completion of specific courses.

Required Courses for the RN-BSN Degree

(The RN-BSN Program will be all web-based.)

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
NURS 3511W	Health Assessment	3
NURS 3564W	Introduction to Applied Health Informatics	3
NURS 3601W	Community Health for RNs	3
NURS 3602B	Community Health Project for RNs	2
NURS 3701W	Professional Nursing Practice	4
NURS 3702W	Issues in Professional Practice	4
NURS 3703W	Management and Leadership	4
NURS 4512W	Research Critique & Utilization	2
NURS 4526W	Role Transition for RNs	2
NURS 3704W	Synthesis: Application for change into Practice for RNs	4
Total Hours		31

Advanced Placement Credit

RN-BSN students, upon successful completion of NURS 3701W Professional Nursing Practice, NURS 3702W Issues in Professional Practice, NURS 3703W Management and Leadership, and NURS 3704W Synthesis: Application for change into Practice for RNs, will receive Advanced Placement Credit for the following didactic and clinical courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
NURS 3515	Adult Health Care I	3
NURS 3515B	Adult Health Care I-Clinical	2
NURS 3521	Gerontologic Nursing	2
NURS 3523	Adult and Older Adult Healthcare II	4
NURS 3523B	Adult and Older Adult Healthcare II - Clinical	2
NURS 3526	Psychiatric & Mental Health Care	4
NURS 3526B	Psychiatric & Mental Health Care - Clinic	2
NURS 3532	Reproductive Health Care	4
NURS 3532B	Reproductive Healthcare - Clinical	1
NURS 3536	Child and Adolescent Healthcare	4
NURS 3536B	Child and Adolescent Healthcare-Clinical	1
Total Hours		29